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  • noun Plural form of hitcher.

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Examples

  • 'I don't often stop for hitchers,' Martin Retsov said, and thought with amusement that three easy years must have softened him.

    The Elvis Latte Allie Dresser 2010

  • Either the “bridesicle” idea or “hitchers” alone would be enough.

    Doing the Hugos 1 « It Doesn't Have To Be Right… 2010

  • August 15, 2008 at 1:36 pm hitchers guide to the galaxy.

    I haz a ponder - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008

  • It's a cat-and-mouse/chess game that features a hitchhiking serial killer [Walker, played by Warren Kole] who kills anyone unfortunate enough to give him a ride, and a serial killer truck driver [wheeler, portrayed by Michael Moriarty] who kills the hitchers he picks up.

    TVonDVD: Masters of Horror: Pick Me Up & Jenifer, The Greatest American Hero – The Complete Series, The Addams Family, Vol. One 2006

  • 'I don't often stop for hitchers,' Martin Retsov said, and thought with amusement that three easy years must have softened him.

    Field Of Thirteen Francis, Dick 1998

  • Then running forward, Captain Marsham shouted to the men to seize hitchers, sweeps, anything, to try and thrust off the vessel from the ice-floe, but all in vain.

    Steve Young George Manville Fenn 1870

  • Forward the sturdy Norsemen were standing armed with hitchers and poles, which they held ready to try and ease off the floating masses of ice, to keep them from driving hard on to the ship's bows, with the result that generally the _Hvalross_ was spared a heavy concussion, and the blocks went scraping along the sides.

    Steve Young George Manville Fenn 1870

  • He points at all the other hitchers getting ignored, and says "See how lucky you are?"

    Army Rumour Service 2010

  • Once past Matanzas, the historic two-river city whose many bridges earned it its Italian nickname, the crowds of patient, roadside hitchers began to thin as few Cubans have any need to access the long, thin peninsula which is home to the one part of Cuba specifically designed with tourists in mind.

    The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed 2010

  • Not a lot of people pick up male hitchers, apparently it was my "hello" that sold him.

    TravelPod.com Recent Updates 2009

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